30+ Books About School for Grades PreK-2

This upbeat tale features easy-to-follow rhyming text, expressive illustrations, and familiar classroom scenes that will help get little ones excited for their first day of school.

That lovely old lady has returned just in time for the first day of school. Now she's swallowing items to make the very best of her first day back. With rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version of the classic song will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page. A fun story for the first day of school!

Mr. Pout-Pout Fish is nervously awaiting his first day of school, and he frets about not knowing how to write his name, how to draw shapes, and how to do math—until he's reassured that school is the perfect place to learn how to master all of these new skills.

Here is the story of a little raccoon who confronts the first day of school and needs reassurance. Since its publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a classic that has touched the lives of millions of children at times of separation.

It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students.

Emily Elizabeth's kindergarten teacher said each child can bring something from home that makes the transition to school a little easier. But the teacher didn't bet on a child bringing something—or someone—as big as Clifford!

These emergent readers introduce the youngest readers to school and build understanding and excitement for what lies ahead!

These emergent readers introduce the youngest readers to school and build understanding and excitement for what lies ahead!

This is a very sweet story with soft, evocative watercolor illustrations that will help kids to grow comfortable with the idea of starting preschool. Ming is curious and playful and ready for adventure, but even she gets scared of new things sometimes. Kids will relate to her desires and fears and will be excited to see Ming at the top of the slide by the story's end.

In this groovy story, Pete just can't decide which outfit to wear to school! He has so many options to choose from, so he uses his creativity to decide on the coolest one because, in the end, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it that makes you cool.

Biscuit wants to go to school. He wants to go to class, have a snack in the cafeteria, and hear a story in the library. Most of all, Biscuit wants to meet the teacher! But dogs aren't allowed in school. What will happen when the teacher discovers Biscuit?

It's Pete the Cat's first day of school, and he's wearing his totally awesome school shoes, which take him all over the school.

 This follow-up to It's Okay to Be Different embraces life's happy accidents, the mistakes, and mess-ups that can lead to self discovery.

Wemberly worried about everything, but the one thing that worries her most of all: her first day of school. But when she meets a fellow worrywart in her class, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!

Everyone's favorite dinosaurs are back, and this time they are going to school. These prehistoric pupils are in a class of their own!

In this companion to the Caldecott Honor Book No, David!, David is back for a wild, unruly romp through a school day. David—running, yelling, and pushing with abandon—soon tries the patience of his teacher, but his day ends sunnily with some kind words of encouragement.

A beautifully illustrated, moving celebration of the work, play, creativity, inclusion, and community at the heart of every great school.

A girl in a red hat finds the courage to be kind to the new student in class. Her kindness spreads, until her whole community experiences the magical shift that happens when people understand what it means to be kind!

This fresh and funny look at a typical classroom scene is sure to make children smile and inspire confidence in new students, who will see that if Clifford can do well at school, they can too.

Jack's kindergarten class goes on a field trip to the zoo! As they walk around the zoo, Jack hears all sorts of sounds. There's the hoot of the howler monkey, the roar of the tiger, the caw of the parrots. When the class hears a laughing sound, the teacher thinks that it's a hyena-but it turns out to be kids laughing and playing at the zoo playground!

Find out how much fun school can be!

Chrysanthemum loves her name–until she starts kindergarten, which is an unfamiliar world full of short names like Sue, Bill, Max, Sam, and Joe. 

Get ready young builders to twist and turn with laughter!Join a hammer, screwdriver, tape measure, saw, and pair of pliers on their first day of school. Together, they make puzzles and play games, but when it's time to build something it's suddenly every tool for itself. Working alone, each tool soon realizes that to make something great all need to cooperate!

A young T-Rex learns a lesson in school etiquette and second chances.

It's the first day of school and Froggy is more than a little nervous. Will he ever pull himself together in time to make it to the classroom?

If the teacher says to bring something from nature for show-and-tell, she does not mean an alligator! But nothing will stop Magnolia, who's determined to have the best show-and-tell of all—until her reptile starts getting her into some major trouble.

Meet the kids in Room 207, who don't show a shred of respect for Miss Nelson, their teacher. That is until they meet Miss Viola Swamp...

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can't wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions.

It's just another day in the ocean for Crabby and Plankton-until they find themselves INSIDE a school of fish! This gives Plankton a fabulous idea-he and Crabby should play school! But Crabby does not want to play. In four hilarious stories, Crabby uses funny wordplay to distract Plankton from teaching, until finally he gives up and declares, “School is OUT, Crabby!”

"Told in excellently structured rhyming couplets, this story has a Seussian feel, although the vocabulary is much more varied and advanced. Reluctant readers will be especially intrigued."-SLJ

This is engaging book imaginatively explores the risks of trying to be like everyone else at school.